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Romero, Devan R.; Gonzalez, Minerva; Clark-Ibanez, Marisol; D'Anna-Hernandez, Kimberly – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2020
Though college enrollment rates for Mexican-American students have increased over the past years, Mexican-Americans still have one of the lowest rates for degree completion. However, more work is recognizing the strengths of students of Mexican descent, particularly those related to culture such as familism, and calling for asset-based programs…
Descriptors: Cultural Relevance, Validity, Models, Student Personnel Services
Liu, Jing – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2022
Because the pandemic exacerbated chronic absenteeism in many parts of the country, the need to understand how schools can improve student attendance has never been greater. Accordingly, this study breaks new ground by examining high schools' contributions to attendance after accounting for individual students' prior absenteeism and other…
Descriptors: Attendance, Evaluation Methods, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Duckor, Brent; Castellano, Katherine E.; Téllez, Kip; Wihardini, Diah; Wilson, Mark – Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
Interpretations for licensure tests involve a series of inferences or a validity argument, leading from the test score to decisions about who is accepted or denied entry into a profession. Utilizing an argument-based framework for validation based on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, we explore the evidence for the ongoing…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Evidence, Item Response Theory, Standards
Baird, Matthew David – ProQuest LLC, 2012
I study three separate questions in this dissertation. In Chapter 1, I develop and estimate a structural dynamic model of occupation and job choice to test hypotheses of the importance of wages and non-wages and learning in occupational transitions, and find that wages are approximately 3 times as important as non-wage benefits in decisions and…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Economics, Models, Career Choice
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Choi, Kilchan; Goldschmidt, Pete – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2012
Value-added models and growth-based accountability aim to evaluate school's performance based on student growth in learning. The current focus is on linking the results from value-added models to the ones from growth-based accountability systems including Adequate Yearly Progress decisions mandated by No Child Left Behind. We present a new…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Models, Probability, Longitudinal Studies
Toyoda-Smart, Kumi – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines how five diverse California elementary schools--two underperforming and three high achieving, with statistically significant subgroups of English Learner, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and minority students--have allocated resources to improve student achievement. The applied research contributes new information to the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Elementary Schools, Finance Reform, Educational Finance
Powell, Ronald J.; And Others – 1991
This report documents efforts to develop instruments for data-gathering and to train field staff in the use of the instruments, as part of a feasibility study designed to validate a conceptual framework that describes the elements of California's special education prereferral and alternative assessment procedures for ethno-linguistically diverse…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods